|
|
|
|
|
|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
|||||||
| The Bar For non Automotive Related Chat |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
19-05-2015, 01:08 PM
|
#1 | ||
|
Wirlankarra yanama
Join Date: May 2006
Location: God's Country
Posts: 2,103
|
Has anyone bought one?
I do like Apple products, but the apple watch has me beat, I'm trying to understand what problem it is trying to solve? |
||
|
|
|
19-05-2015, 01:13 PM
|
#2 | ||
|
Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,437
|
My phone does a pretty good job of keeping the time, no need for a watch, let alone one which is just showing the basics of what my phone is doing in my pocket.
But you know how it is, people will be camping outside of the Apple store to get one. |
||
|
|
|
|
19-05-2015, 01:32 PM
|
#3 | ||
|
Brad
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 5,827
|
Their profits for last year?
__________________
Silhouette BF MKII F6 Plazmaman Intercooler Kit, ID1000, 34mm Internal Wastegate and Turbosmart Actuator, Tein Coilovers, Focal Audio, XXR 521 18x8.5 18x10 |
||
|
|
|
| 3 users like this post: |
|
19-05-2015, 02:07 PM
|
#4 | ||
|
Not of the Sooty variety!
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On a Shrinking Planet
Posts: 1,817
|
I'm a bit the same. I didn't understand how it would be any better than pulling out the phone and doing stuff. Then had demo of one, and it is pretty cool what stuff it can assist with (Notifications/glances are pretty good). In saying that, I'm inclined to hold off for the inevitable generation 2.
Although apparently owning a iPhone classes me as a sheep so maybe I better start lining up anyway! 
__________________
"To be afraid is to be alive - to act against that fear is to be a person of courage." Current
The Toy: 2002 AUIII TS50 The Daily and Tow Vehicle: 2016 VW Amarok |
||
|
|
|
| 3 users like this post: |
|
20-05-2015, 11:46 AM
|
#5 | ||
|
Loving my '335' kW!
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
Posts: 1,064
|
People said the same thing about the iPad, and look where that is now.
There is a spot for this, first with the enthusiasts, then with fitness freaks, people on the go, and then everyone will have one (or a cheap knockoff).
__________________
FG X XR8 in Smoke. Smokin the tyres, that is! XR8 logo pic taken at Avalon Airport, Falcon Fanatic filming 17th October 2014 |
||
|
|
|
|
20-05-2015, 12:33 PM
|
#6 | |||
|
Donating Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Morayfield
Posts: 28,091
 
|
Quote:
Might be some future niche that I am missing but I think the phone I have in my pocket does it all. I'd prefer a nice mechanical watch.
__________________
I love Holdens.... |
|||
|
|
|
|
20-05-2015, 12:57 PM
|
#7 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Cairns, QLD
Posts: 199
|
My housemate has one. To me, it seems very gimmicky. Will hold off and see what the mkII provides.
__________________
Current: 2009 FG XR6T, Silhouette, Manual, Leather, SATNAV, Premo Sound (  ) + Improvments, DIY Turbo Side + Battery reloSOLD: 2003 BA XR8, Blueprint, Manual, 2.5" Catback X-FORCE Quad, Centre muffler delete, Custom intake, Secondary HU, Big sound system, Stealth UHF RIP: 2001 AU XR6, Hot Chilli, Manual, Pacey extractors, High flow cat, 2.5” exhaust, K&N and tickford snorkel, UNI Chip, 19" Koya Inox Imagine, SSL King Springs |
||
|
|
|
|
20-05-2015, 01:21 PM
|
#8 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 3,338
|
If you want to be Dick Tracy, then its the watch for you.
|
||
|
|
|
| 3 users like this post: |
|
20-05-2015, 01:28 PM
|
#9 | ||
|
"Flooded it mate?"
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Busselton, Western Australia
Posts: 3,196
|
I quite like Apple products, bar a few things.
I use a 4Gen iPod touch for music all the time, had it for years now. And my phone is always on me, so if I need the time, I check that. No need for a watch! |
||
|
|
|
|
20-05-2015, 01:45 PM
|
#11 | |||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: sydney.nsw.au
Posts: 6,119
|
Quote:
__________________
flickr |
|||
|
|
|
| This user likes this post: |
|
20-05-2015, 02:14 PM
|
#12 | |||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,460
|
Quote:
Good for that
__________________
Before - ED Falcon Futura (sold) EL XR6 (R.I.P.) VX SS (R.I.P) VE Berlina |
|||
|
|
|
|
20-05-2015, 04:58 PM
|
#13 | ||
|
Donating Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Checking out soft furnishings....
Posts: 8,811
|
I'll stick with the Omega Seamaster, nothing beats a real time piece. The iphone does the job perfectly for me.
Last edited by fordomatic; 20-05-2015 at 05:25 PM. |
||
|
|
|
| 4 users like this post: |
|
20-05-2015, 05:33 PM
|
#14 | |||
|
PURSUIT 250
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: sydney
Posts: 5,827
|
Quote:
Lovely watch. That bad boy will never age |
|||
|
|
|
| This user likes this post: |
|
21-05-2015, 02:14 AM
|
#15 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Ferny Grove
Posts: 59
|
You can only purchase the watches online, my sister works in one the ' apple watch support teams' so she has one for showing people how it works over Skype, it has a built in pedometer,blood pressure and heart monitor. The non-medical benefits are along the lines of reading messages/ these social network notifications apple users seem to be so fond of. Can't believe there's 1 that goes for $1800+
__________________
A project only last so long.. but knowledge is forever.
|
||
|
|
|
|
21-05-2015, 02:16 AM
|
#16 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Ferny Grove
Posts: 59
|
P.S. Swiss Eagle will never be replaceable.
__________________
A project only last so long.. but knowledge is forever.
|
||
|
|
|
|
22-05-2015, 03:06 PM
|
#17 | ||
|
Isn't it obvious?
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: in a world of idiots
Posts: 5,383
|
my samsung 4 does the job
text phone pics net candy crush what more do i need
__________________
08 Strike G6E T. 10 Ergo G6E Sept 75 XB Falcon in mushroom beige, 3 on the tree 200cid for sale, offers in the teens |
||
|
|
|
| This user likes this post: |
|
22-05-2015, 05:59 PM
|
#18 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: On The Footplate.
Posts: 5,086
|
Only a fool rushes out and desperately buys the first model/version of anything...be that phone, car, computer, whatever...
Always...always wait for "2.0" at least... |
||
|
|
|
|
23-05-2015, 03:06 PM
|
#19 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Ferny Grove
Posts: 59
|
Haha, that's gold, buying a territory when they first came out would just be ludacris, I mean who wouldn't the new terr that resembles a hippo with headlights
__________________
A project only last so long.. but knowledge is forever.
|
||
|
|
|
|
24-05-2015, 09:12 PM
|
#21 | ||
|
Performance moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: St Clair..N.S.W
Posts: 14,875
|
Old Forrest Gump is doing ok now ..
__________________
Real cars are not driven by front wheels,real cars lift them!!... BABYS ARE BOTTLE FED, REAL MEN GET BLOWN. Don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! Dart 330ci block turbo black pearl EBXR8 482 rwkw.. Daily driver GTE FG.. Projects http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=107711 http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...8+turbo&page=4 |
||
|
|
|
|
25-05-2015, 07:53 PM
|
#22 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Filling up
Posts: 1,459
|
I currently don't have a watch, so I have been looking at watches (smart watches). I do have an iphone so I have looked at the apple watch, but wasn't that impressed. So I started looking at different watches fitness bands and I must admit I do like the Mircosoft band. Lot of features better battery life, just a pity it doesn't work with Siri.
__________________
VIXEN MK II GT 0238 with Sunroof and tinted windows with out all the go fast bits I actually need  :
|
||
|
|
|
Apple Watch
Linear Mode
